The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-01


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KEEP OFF. KEEP AsfRRN.
The feet obeyed as pEomptly as possible. At
on ahead Of the racers came down On tie star
board tack. and. crossing under the Thistle's
stern, seemed game 70 try her q stretch. She
tackled on the cutters quarter, but, OF course,
was not able to hold her at all.
VOLUNTEER CONTINUES 10 GAIN.
In the board out TO sea on the port tack the
Volunteer continued to gain, Just how much It
not Quarter sG ho ss a.
interval. turning the gree green waves steely bright
in iorce varied slightly, getting sometimes as
as east. The Volunteer held her course out to
Until about a 81 The big hotel
Long Island shore again. It was plain that she
had made larger lsg on her trst boz board over
This was because the stake boat was anchored
p .$s II
APPARENT that the Volunteer had sained more
'n &s tIc sssded
clear enoush to enable them 70 see i at a ATS:
boat Ut was the tug Haviland), was anchored
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tages on the extreme east end OF Long Beach.
At this the greater part Of the excursion fleet
ran ahead to gather about the stakeboat 30 as
to watch the turn.
MORE sAII, ON THE VOLUNTEER
Meantime the Volunteer, which seemed to be
sailing about nine miles an hour, or not 80 fast
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Began s to pull Al about aS oc ss FIVE min
ssormen amoPg ths sPectssoTs dig not think hnS
bee been "s the 20 ere " q The VOSntser. csr e
tainiy ~ dId not pull 80 well: II one
SSoot but there was no question but what i
helped her materially. while heelIng her over
more. She heeied more than the Volunteer
zee rail- ahG aw sas While The Vide oatbosrd char
nels that spread her shrouds tore up the water.
ths drt and throws s0 over his rump T5e
IS the Frenchmsn said about the charge Of the
was simply English. "' ~ "'' NV "''''
THISTLE WAY BEHIND.
At 1:S7h o'clock the Volunteer went about
on the port tack and headed out to sea. She
ahead OF the Scotchman now that she did not
need to hold In further In order to compel him.
followed her exactly four minutes later. The
Volunteer had continued to gain, but the Thistle
was still IN the light: remembering the old adage
The board which the two made out to sea was
shorter this time than the former one had
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either have to make another board out G to sea
way s the North of the Sefors ons
Ing about TO round t. Still, she was not SO far
she Was when the same distance from ns' The be
shoashs that she msh Wende der bsore shis
Tind came to the minds OF moSe than one
A part Of the excursion feet was at this time
rSidely soatersd out to sea but goodly num-
stakeboat. The big, Scotch steam yacht Mo-
hican started back home. passing close under
owners and guests must have felt pretty sick.
or they woul Id have waited near the mark to
salute the leader as she rounded the turn.
That the Volunteer had rightly judged the time
to tack about to starboard was plain as she
approached the stakeboat, She was fetching
Just far enough to the north OF 1t to 60 ABOUT
and then get q good full before putting up the
wheel for home.
VOLUNTEER TURNS THE sTAKEnoAr MORE THAN
TWO MILES AHEAD.
As she swept along the sailors ran nimbly
forward and grasped the head Sheets Others
led out the spinnaker halliards, while third
lot looked after the lifts and braces of the
spinnaker BOOM which had been got on end
ready to lower to port Then. as the vessel
got abreast Of the Hayiland, the stakeboat
wheel was whirled hard over and the brave
2:25 O'Clock. 1t made the yachtsmen cheer to
see her dash along for the line. With few
hands at the sheets to ease them Off when the
time came, and the rest regardless OF the feel
ings Of the foreigners among the spectators.
danced In glee and waved their caps as the
Volunteer sped In between the flagship Electra
and the stakeboat.
HANDKERCHIEFs WAVE, MEN CHEER, AND wHIs-
tiles sCREECH.
or came the hats and out the handkerchiefs,
and as these were wildly waved In the air the
skippers OF the steamers turned loose their
whistles, and the gunners their cannon. maxi
ing the air ring. 1t was a grand salute and
there was thrill In the souls OF the patriots
that made the blood tingle In their veins, but
truth compels the statement that there was
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